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CE3 - Central and Eastern European Engagement

February 7, 2007

The AESOP Young Academics Network and the Central European Research and Training Centre in Spatial Planning cordially invite proposals for individual papers for their meeting of young planning scholars on planning and development issues pertinent to Central and Eastern Europe.

Objectives

Approximately 1/8 of all YA members are currently researching at universities in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). In light of this fact, the YA Coordination Team has decided to hold its 1st AESOP Young Academics Meeting â€“ â€˜CE3 â€“ Central and Eastern European Engagementâ€™ â€“ in Bratislava, Slovakia. Together with the Central European Research and Training Centre in Spatial Planning, we aim to stimulate discussion and debate on CEE issues and research interests.

We also seek to encourage the participation of CEE scholars with the network as well as foster the exchange of ideas and research among all YA members on issues most pertinent to CEE regions within a planning and urban design context.

Issues to be Addressed

The internal tensions of an expanding Europe as well as global pressures from rapidly changing geographies of competition and innovation, from climate change and from immigration are present in Europeâ€™s many social, economic, political and cultural dimensions of everyday life. Efforts that have taken these changes into account have sought greater economic and social integration with fellow European Member States.

What have been the peculiar features of these processes for the different nations and regions of Central and Eastern Europe? What implications does this have for planning in Europe?

The event is free of charge; accommodation and food are included. However, participants must provide for their transportation to the venue. For further information, please downlowd the Airport/Railway Information and Accommodation details, and Map [here].

Target Audience

The event encourages the participation of all researchers currently investigating development and planning issues in Central and Eastern Europe.

Submission Requirements

Each participant will contribute to the event with a short paper of 3,500 â€“ 5,000 words (5-10 pp.). Abstracts must be submitted by October 15, 2006, addressing one of the four track themes at the end of this invitation [here]. Deadline for papers is December 20, 2006.

Your abstract of 300-500 words should contain the following information:

Important: In order to be published in the booklet of proceedings, papers must be uploaded by the deadline, prepared following the YA editorial guidelines [here], and presented at the CE3 event. Those papers that are not presented at the event will not be considered for publication.

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The AESOP YA network is a loosely structured organisation in which everyone who wishes to is invited to participate. The activities of the AESOP YA network are in particular addressed at planners who have only recently entered the academic world: PhD, postdoc, people starting in academic positions.